Timeline for What is the shutter speed needed to stop motion?
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| Apr 1, 2013 at 8:40 | comment | added | Esa Paulasto | Google shutter speed calculator and you'll get for example this calculator - needs some scrolling down the page to find it. | |
| Dec 31, 2010 at 15:51 | comment | added | whuber | +1 for providing quantitative, rather than mere qualitative guidance, and for recognizing that speed of the image on the sensor is what matters. | |
| Dec 29, 2010 at 23:18 | comment | added | Guffa | @Evan Krall: Good point. Yes, what I mean is how the object appears in the image, so the focal length of the lens would affect what shutter speed you need. | |
| Dec 29, 2010 at 19:03 | comment | added | Evan Krall | In the last paragraph, are you assuming that the focal length doesn't change? It seems to me that two shots where the subject is the same size (i.e. further away but longer focal length) would require the same shutter speed to freeze motion. | |
| Dec 29, 2010 at 18:30 | history | answered | Guffa | CC BY-SA 2.5 |